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chore
[ chawr, chohr ]
/ tʃɔr, tʃoʊr /
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noun
a small or odd job; routine task.
chores, the everyday work around a house or farm.
a hard or unpleasant task: Solving the problem was quite a chore.
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Origin of chore
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English char,Old English cyrr, variant of cierr, cerr.See char3
synonym study for chore
1, 2. See task.
Words nearby chore
chord organ, chordotomy, chordotonal, chord symbol, chordwise, chore, chorea, choregus, choreiform, choreman, choreo-
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British Dictionary definitions for chore (1 of 2)
chore
/ (tʃɔː) /
noun
a small routine task, esp a domestic one
an unpleasant task
Word Origin for chore
C19: variant of Middle English chare; related to char ³
British Dictionary definitions for chore (2 of 2)
-chore
n combining form
(in botany) indicating a plant distributed by a certain meansanemochore
Derived forms of -chore
-chorous or -choric, adj combining formWord Origin for -chore
from Greek khōrein to move
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